Apparel shelter



G. PAGANO u APPAREL SHELTER Filed July e. 1925 2 sheets-Sheet 1 WPMW f y e mww,

VITNESS: ATTORNEY Dec. 7 1926.

1,610,107 G. PAGANO APPAREL SHELTER Filed July 6. 1925 2 Sheets-Shea?l 2 WITNESS:

ATTO R N EY Patented Dec. 7, 1926.

UNITED STATES GAETANO. PAGANO, F BROOKLY'N, NEWy YORK.

APPAREL SHELTER.

Application filed July 6.

This invention relates to improvements in apparel shelters, and has for its object to lprovide a dust-proof apparel containingl Another object of the invention is to provide a clothes `rack with a iexible dustproof covering. 4

A still further object of the invention is to provide a collopsible clothes closet formed of cloth. l

With the above and such otherobjects as may hereinafter more fully appear, I have invented the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: l Figure 1 is a front elevational view of my device. l 4

Figure 2 is a similar view thrown'open to expose the contents thereof.

Figure 3 is a side view. Figure 4 is a top plan view. Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view adjacent the lower edge of the device. s

Figure 6 is a top plan view of a supporting rack. 1

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the device rolled for transportation purposes.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the following specification and in the severalviews in the drawings, in

which 1 indicates a dust-proof apparel container embracing a .bag 2 formed of a back portion 3 to which-is stitched a top horizontal panell 4, and to the front edge of the latter is stitched a drop curtain 5. Stitched to the edges of the member 3 are side panels 6 and 7. To the bottom edge of the member 3 is stitched a panel 8. all of said panels being of the same width. To the front edge of the panel 8 is stitched a shield 9 which extends up to substantially the central por# tionof the device and is secured in its raised v position by meansof tie string members 10 and 11, 12 and 13, secured respectively to the upper corners of the member 9 and to the members 6 and 7. Stitched to the forward edges of the panels-6 and 7 are front panels 14 and 15, the free edgesof Whichare adapted to overlap each other and be held in overlapping or closed position by means oftie strings 16 and 17, the lower portions' of said' panels 15 and 16 being adapted to seat within the member 9. The upper corner 18 of the member 14 is slidably secured to the rail 19 of a supporting frame 20 by means of a vtie string 21. The uppercorner 22 of the member 15 is adapted to .be secured to the into co-acting spring rings 33 and 34 adapt- 1925. Serial No. 41,892.

rail 19 by means of atie string 23. Se-

cured to the corners 24 and 25 of the eurtain 5 are tie strings 26 adapted to be secured to the tie strings 27 on the members 14 and 15, whereby said member 5 will be held in closed position overlapping the 'up- ,per parts" of said members 14 and 15.

The' frame 20` is al rectangular member formed from a strand of heavy wire, being doubled upon itself along the side 28 and having a loop 29 projecting upwardly from its central portion and extending through a slot 30 in the said top panel 4, whereby the complete device may be suspended from a hook, nail or any other suitable place. Certain parts 31 and 32 of the wire forming the member 2O extend forwardly and are formed ed to be pressed apart from one another in order to receive the ends 35- and 36 of the hanger rod 37. upon which a\coat hanger 38 or other suitable suspending means for wearing apparel may be hung. The extreme terminals 39 and 40 of the wire forming the member 20 are projected from the rear side 28 thereof to -form hooks for hats o'r other articles to be enclosed in the bag. l

In many cases, especially in cases of tourists. travelers or those finding it necessary to live in hotel 0r boarding house rooms or in camps where clothes cupboards are not accessible, ithas been found very difficult to provide means for keeping Wearing apparel out of the dust. Therefore I have provided the above described duSt-prOOfapparel containing bag so formed that it may be rolled into a compact bundle to be carried in a trunk or otherwise in moving about from place to place and may be quickly hung up to form a dust-proof shelter for apparel.

Having described my invention, that which I claim as new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is:

1. An apparel bag comprising a box like structure including a top having a slot centrally arranged therein, a back, sides and bottom and a front formed of overlapping panels,l a frame formed from a strand of wire bent intermediate its ends to form a loop passing through the Slot and adapted for supporting the bag from a supporting means, forwardly extending portions forming the ends of the frame being bent at right angles, said wire having its ends terminating in spaced parallel arranged hooks, a rod having'its ends received in the forward exloo tending portions, and tie Strings secured to s of the front and being associated with each other and the frame respectively for securing the panels in their overlapping relation.

2. An apparel bag comprising a box like structure including a top having a slot centrall arranged therein, a front formed of nover apping pane1s, tie strings secured td said panels for securing'them in'their overu lapped position, a frame formed from. a strand of wire bent to tically extending throng porting said bag, forwardly extending end portions for said frame and being arrangedinto coacting spring rings, said wire having its ends terminating between the ends ofl the frame and arranged toprovide spaced hooks l and a hanger rod received in said spring provide a loop ver? 1 said slotsgfor snp-y 3. An apparel bag comprising a box like structure including a top 4having a slot centrally arranged therein, a Jfront formed of overlapping panels, tie stringssecured to said panels for securing them inoperative associatioma frame formed from a twisted strand of Wire bent intermediate its ends to provide a loop vertically extending through said slot and being ada-ted to receive asupporting' .means for sai bag, forwardly extending end portions for said frame and be- In-testlmony whereof aix my signa ture. v

' GAETANO PAGANO. 

